Season 4 of the My Hero Academia anime was announced in the 44th issue of the 2018 Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. It aired in Japan from October 12, 2019 to April 4, 2020 and ran for 25 episodes. It is a direct sequel to Season 3, and was followed by a fifth season.
Summary[]
The season focuses on the events continuing to cover the Shie Hassaikai Arc, as well as the Remedial Course Arc, the U.A. School Festival Arc, and the first part of the Pro Hero Arc.
Production[]
History[]
As had been done previously, this season was first confirmed to be in the works at the end of the final episode of season three, which had aired days before the Shonen Jump issue containing the announcement was released.[5]
On May 26, 2019, the Japanese music label Legendoor announced that Yuki Hayashi had returned to compose the soundtrack for this season.[6] Hayashi would later confirm this himself on social media just one week later.[7]
On June 6, 2019, Funimation announced that it had acquired the season for streaming in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand through its FunimationNow service.[8]
On June 16, 2019, it was announced that the season would premiere on October 12, 2019.
Cast[]
The cast members for the characters introduced in this season of the anime are as follows:
Japanese[]
- Rie Murakawa as Bubble Girl
- Seiran Kobayashi as Eri
- Yasuhiro Mamiya as Mimic
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Fat Gum
- Kaori Yagi as Ryukyu
- Kengo Tsujii as Kesagiri Man and Soramitsu Tabe
- Yasuhiro Fujiwara as Rock Lock
- Kenta Ōkuma as Centipeder
- Masaki Sakaide as Mr. Brave
- KENN as Toya Setsuno
- Kenichiro Matsuda as Yu Hojo
- Shōhei Kajikawa as Kendo Rappa
- Jun Miyamoto as Hekiji Tengai
- Kouji Takahashi as Deidoro Sakaki
- Kōji Ishii as Snatch
- Sara Matsumoto as Komari Ikoma
- Koichi Yamadera as Gentle Criminal
- Yui Horie as La Brava
- Yoshihito Sasaki as Tsutsutaka Agoyamato
- Yuri Noguchi as Chikuchi Togeike
- Momoko Soyama as Yuyu Haya
- Ayano Shibuya as Bibimi Kenranzaki
- Tsuguo Mogami as Crust and Hood
- Sayaka Kinoshita as Mirko and Madam President
- Yuichi Nakamura as Hawks
- Souichi Abe as Teruo Hazukashi
- Yuuki Shin as Natsuo Todoroki
- Serina Machiyama as Hiroshi Tameda
English[]
- Kara Edwards as Bubble Girl
- Emily Neves as Eri
- Derick Snow as Mimic
- Kyle Hebert as Fat Gum
- Katelyn Barr as Ryukyu
- Jerry Jewell as Kesagiri Man
- Gabe Kunda as Rock Lock
- Zach Bolton as Centipeder
- Matt Shipman as Mr. Brave and Takeshita
- Jeramey Kraatz as Soramitsu Tabe
- Derek Whitener as Toya Setsuno
- Eric Lopez as Yu Hojo
- Eric Rolon as Kendo Rappa
- Shawn Gann as Hekiji Tengai
- Zeno Robinson as Deidoro Sakaki and Hawks
- Taylor Harris as Sajin Higawara
- Madeleine Morris as Komari Ikoma
- Kristen McGuire as Tamashiro
- John Gremillion as Gentle Criminal
- Megan Shipman as La Brava
- Jim Foronda as Tsutsutaka Agoyamato
- Tabitha Ray as Chikuchi Togeike
- Lauren Moore as Yuyu Haya
- AmaLee as Bibimi Kenranzaki
- Bill Jenkins as Yoroi Musha
- Alese Watson-Johnson as Wash
- Larry Brantley as Crust
- Anairis Quiñones as Mirko
- Meli Grant as Madam President
- Daman Mills as Hood
- Ben Balmaceda as Teruo Hazukashi
- Adam Gibbs as Natsuo Todoroki
- Todd Haberkorn as Hiroshi Tameda
List of Episodes[]
Story Arc | # of Episodes | Original Air Date |
Shie Hassaikai Arc (continued from Season 3) |
15 (Episodes 64 to 78) | Japanese: October 12, 2019 - January 25, 2020 English: November 9, 2019 - February 8, 2020 |
Remedial Course Arc | 3 (Episodes 78 to 80) | Japanese: January 25, 2020 - February 8, 2020 English: February 8, 2020 - March 21, 2020 |
U.A. School Festival Arc | 6 (Episodes 81 to 86) | Japanese: February 15, 2020 - March 21, 2020 English: March 28, 2020 - May 17, 2020 |
Pro Hero Arc | 2 (Episodes 87 to 88) | Japanese: March 28, 2020 - April 4, 2020 English: June 21, 2020 - June 28, 2020 |
Soundtrack[]
As with the previous seasons, this season's soundtrack was composed by Yuki Hayashi.
Opening Themes[]
- Episodes 64-77: 「Polaris」 by BLUE ENCOUNT
- Episodes 78-88: 「Starmarker」 by KANA-BOON
Ending Themes[]
- Episodes 64-77: 「Kokai no Uta」 by Sayuri
- Episodes 78-88: 「Shout Baby」 by Ryokuoshoku Shakai
Promotional Material[]
Key Visuals[]
BD/DVD Covers[]
Promotional Videos[]
Character Designs[]
Trivia[]
- This is the first time in which the show did not begin airing in Japan during the spring anime season. While this season retained its timeslot on YTV and NTV, the baseball manga Mix aired in its stead during that time.[9]
- This also marks the first time in which this season aired during the fall.
- This season holds the most promotional teasers out of all seasons, with a total of 9.
References[]
- ↑ https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/10/12/my-hero-academia-season-4-how-many-episodes-anime/
- ↑ https://www.funimation.com/blog/2019/06/14/my-hero-academia-s4-at-ax-2019/
- ↑ https://moetron.net/post/185560824570/a-preview-of-the-new-visual-for-the-my-hero
- ↑ https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/09/20/my-hero-academia-season-4-crunchyroll-fall-2019-spotlight
- ↑ My Hero Academia Anime Gets 4th Season: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-29/my-hero-academia-anime-gets-4th-season/.137465
- ↑ https://twitter.com/legendoor/status/1132825977199796224
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/ByP7nbZJZGy/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MHAOfficial/status/1136770071005675520
- ↑ https://twitter.com/pKjd/status/1070606556218064897
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Seasons | Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6 • Season 7 |
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OVAs | Save! Rescue Training • Training of the Dead • Make It! Do-or-Die Survival Training • Hero League Baseball • Laugh! As If You Are in Hell • U.A. Heroes Battle |
Anime Films | Two Heroes • Heroes: Rising • World Heroes' Mission • You're Next |
Movie OVAs | All Might Rising • Departure |
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